Big dreamer

Hongye Town is thirty miles south of Jianye City, and it only takes an hour to get there with all your strength.

This town is small in area, similar to Tuji Town near Chunqiu Temple, but much more prosperous than Tuji Town. As its name suggests, this town is covered with maple leaves inside and outside the town. It is late autumn, and the maple leaves are as red as flames, which is extremely beautiful.

A large river flows past the town. This river is called Lishui River, which leads directly to the East China Sea. It is an important water transportation channel for Ye City. A large number of ships pass by here every day, which makes Hongye Town prosperous.

However, when Shen Luo arrived, the whole town was not very lively. The streets in the town were very deserted. Although the shops on both sides were open, there were not many customers, and the shop owners looked very thoughtful.

There was a heaviness in the whole town, and even some wild cats and dogs on the street were frightened and ran past in a hurry.

Shen Luo didn't stop on the street. After asking someone for a while, he went straight to a courtyard at the east end of the town and knocked on the door, but there was no response.

"Aren't you at home?" He frowned slightly and continued to knock on the door.

"Who is it? There's been a lot of trouble outside, don't you think there's enough trouble?" An irritated voice came from inside the house, the door opened with a bang, and an old man with gray hair walked out angrily and saw outside He fell, but was startled.

"Who are you?" The old man looked at Shen Luo and asked in surprise.

"Your Excellency, are you the mayor of the town? I'm here, Shen Luo. The guest of the Bai family in Jianye City has taken over your mission." Shen Luo took out his identity token and waved it in front of the old man, feeling secretly happy.

Judging from this situation, he was the first one to arrive in Hongye Town. If he could find out the reason for the haunting before others arrived, he could be the first to rush over and kill the ghost so as not to attract attention.

"Ah, is this the guest of the Bai family? You're finally here! My surname is Sun. You can just call me Lao Suntou. Master Shen Xian, please come in quickly!" The old man said in surprise and saluted Shen Luo.

"You're welcome, Mr. Sun. Shen is here to ask you about the haunting..." Shen Luo said.

"Hey, it's rare that someone arrived earlier than us." At this moment, a voice came over.

There was a sound of footsteps, and three men in green robes walked over from a distance with three swaying steps, looking quite proud.

Shen Luo turned around and glanced at the three of them, especially lingering on the cyan tokens hanging around their waists.

The green wood mark on the cyan token is the mark of the Lin family.

"Hey, it's the guest of the Bai family. He looks so strange!" The leader of the three men in green robes was a short, skinny and ugly man. He looked at Shen Luo and said in surprise.

One of the other two was short and fat, and the other was hunchbacked. The three of them had similar faces and were all extremely ugly. They seemed to be from the same mother.

"Shen Luo of the Bai family." Shen Luo nodded slightly.

"Shen Luo? I seem to have heard of this name, ah! I remembered it. Recently I heard that a country boy came to the Bai family. Through his relationship with Bai Xiaotian, the eldest son of the Bai family, he became the guest minister of the Bai family. That person is You do it." The skinny and ugly man said with disdain.

"Tsk, tsk, the guy at the bottom dares to take on this kind of task. Is he tired of living? Haha!" The short, fat and ugly man glanced sideways at Shen Luo and laughed wantonly.

Shen Luo narrowed his eyes and felt quite uncomfortable.

The guests of the Bai family had belittled him many times before. Although he didn't take it to heart, he was still a little resentful. Now he was ridiculed again. Do you really think that he is a clay Bodhisattva who can't get angry?

"Boy, we Ouyang Sanjie have taken over this Hongye Town mission. If you want to save a dog's life, get out of here." The skinny and ugly man waved his hand and scolded.

"My elder brother told you to get out of here. Are you deaf or mute?" Seeing that Shen Luo was motionless, the hunchbacked ugly man raised his hand and slapped her down with a fierce look.

A burst of green light shot out of his hand, and instantly condensed into the phantom of a tiger claw. In a flash, it arrived in front of Shen Luo. At an astonishing speed, it fiercely grabbed Shen Luo's cheek.

But before the claw shadow fell, Shen Luo's figure swayed from side to side, white light flashed above his feet, and the person turned into four or five afterimages and disappeared out of thin air. In a flash, he threw himself in front of the three ugly men.

The three of them had not expected that the Shen Sheng Technique would be so fast, and were surprised. However, they were not ordinary people, and their bodies immediately lit up with green light, forming a faint green tiger shadow.

But before the tiger shadow could completely appear, thunder flashed in Shen Luo's sleeves, and three white lightnings shot out from it, hitting the three of them with lightning speed, and the dazzling white lightning burst out.

The protective tiger shadow of the three ugly men let out a mournful cry, as if they had met their nemesis, and collapsed under the dazzling electric light.

Not only that, the remaining white arcs spread across their bodies, causing the three people's movements to freeze.

Shen Luo's right palm followed closely behind the lightning, suddenly almost doubled in size, and drew a semicircle in the air. The fierce palm wind enveloped the three of them, and he struck out with a fierce blow.

Bang bang bang!

The three people's bodies were like fallen leaves in the strong wind, and they were knocked upside down and fell heavily to the ground.

"You..." The skinny and ugly man turned over and tried to get up, but as soon as he moved, he felt a sharp pain in his chest, as if his bones were being shattered.

The other two people looked the same, with a hint of panic flashing in their eyes as they looked at Shen Luo.

The expression on Shen Luo's face did not change, but he was secretly happy in his heart.

In the past month, besides practicing the nameless technique, he has also been practicing the Slanting Moon Step. With the experience in the dream, he has reached the level of success. Today's small test of the skill has proved to be endlessly useful.

The three people in front of him were not inferior to him in terms of cultivation level, but their speed was far behind him. In conjunction with the small thunder talisman, the effect was really good.

It was his first time to perform a mission, and he was a little worried because he had too little actual combat experience. Now that he was testing the waters with these three guests from the Lin family, it gave him a little more confidence.

"Chief Sun, do you know where that ghost is causing trouble now?" Shen Luo clapped his hands, ignored the three ugly men, turned around and walked back to the somewhat dull old Sun Tou, and asked.

"Ah, yes, yes! The ghost haunts the Bailudang area outside the town. It cannot come out during the day, but it will wander around the river at night, attacking passing ships and injuring many people. Now there is no such thing at night. If people dare to go into the water, their business during the day will be greatly affected." Old Suntou finally came back to his senses and said anxiously.

"It will only appear at night... Don't worry, Mr. Sun, our Bai family will handle this matter properly." Shen Luo frowned, then said with a smile.

"Then please leave it to Master Shen Xian." Lao Suntou glanced at the three Lin family guests who had just climbed up in the distance, and said enthusiastically to Shen Luo.

Shen Luo immediately asked where Bailudang was, and left without staying any longer.

"Brother, should we follow?" the ugly man with a hunchback asked in a deep voice.

"This kid is a bit evil! I heard that his cultivation level is only in the middle stage of Qi refining, so why is his movement so fast?" The short, fat man said with a grin as he touched his sore back.

"Hmph! The three of us were not careful this time and fell into this kid's way. Let's go and follow him! You'll be smarter for a while." The skinny and ugly man snorted and said.